Batkid Leukaemia Patient Battles Crime

San Francisco has become Gotham City to make the wish of a five-year-old superhero come true. Miles Scott, aka Batkid, left the city's Union Square in one of two Batmobiles on Friday morning. The vehicles - two black Lamborghinis with Batman decals...

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Typhoon Haiyan: Cameron Pledges Extra £30m

The UK Government is to give an extra £30m in aid to help the relief effort after the devastating typhoon in the Philippines. Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain had already pledged £23m to help the relief effort but he added it was clear more...

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Libya: Deaths As Militias Fire On Protesters

At least 40 people have been killed and 400 wounded after militiamen fired on a demonstration demanding their eviction from Libya's capital Tripoli, the prime minister said. Hundreds of people carrying white flags in a sign of peace, as well as the...

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Sri Lanka Rejects PM Deadline Over 'War Crimes'

The Sri Lankan government has rejected a call by Prime Minister David Cameron to conduct an independent investigation by March into alleged war crimes. The UN and rights groups say as many as 40,000 civilians may have been killed in the final stages...

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Typhoon Haiyan: Victims Flee Tacloban

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent on Leyte Island, Philippines With nothing but the clothes on their backs, hundreds of typhoon victims are making a desperate bid to escape Tacloban. People are trying to escape the devastation of Tacloban The...

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China To 'Loosen' Its One-Child Policy

China: One-Child Policy Explained Updated: 11:27am UK, Friday 04 October 2013 By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent China's efforts to control its population began in 1971 with couples encouraged, but not forced, to have fewer children. The official...

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Sri Lanka: Cameron Mobbed By Tamil Protesters

David Cameron has been mobbed by 250 Tamil protesters in north Sri Lanka, who claim their relatives have been murdered by the state. In chaotic scenes, the Prime Minister's convoy was surrounded by demonstrators all trying to show him their family pictures...

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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines Appeal Tops £30m

The public have donated more than £30m to the Philippines Typhoon Appeal in just three days, the Disasters Emergency Committee has said. The DEC - which represents 14 UK charities - said the money would provide food, water, household items and tarpaulin...

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Typhoon Haiyan Aid Effort Boost From Uk Carrier

A second British Royal Navy warship is being deployed to the Philippines to help with the aid effort following Typhoon Haiyan last Friday. Speaking during a visit to India, David Cameron said helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious will replace destroyer HMS...

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Tamil Man 'Tortured By Sri Lankan Army'

By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Navaneethan Subramaniam is not allowed out of the London mental health unit where he is being treated unless he is accompanied. He arrived in August after smuggling himself illegally into Britain via...

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Toronto Mayor 'Took Cocaine With Prostitute'

Toronto's troubled mayor is facing more questions after newly released court documents appeared to reveal a pattern of drug and alcohol use and abusive behaviour. Just a week after Rob Ford admitted he had smoked crack cocaine in the past, The New York...

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Sri Lanka: Cameron Urged To Raise Atrocities

Tamil Claims Torture And Sex Abuse Updated: 11:38am UK, Thursday 14 November 2013 By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Navaneethan Subramaniam is not allowed out of the London mental health unit where he is being treated unless he is...

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Typhoon Haiyan Leaves Tacloban Devastated

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Tacloban City Tacloban City is hell. It is a place completely devastated and entirely broken in every way except one. Dead bodies still lie in the streets The resilience of the Filipino people has been humbling...

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Typhoon Haiyan: China Pledges $100,000 Aid

China has risked further straining its fragile relations with the Philippines by donating $100,000 (£63,000) to the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort. The donation is matched by $100,000 from the Chinese Red Cross - but is still dwarfed by the effort from...

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Typhoon Haiyan Survivors' Fear And Desperation

Gunshots have reportedly forced the delay of a mass burial of victims of the huge typhoon that smashed into the Philippines. The mayor of Tacloban, the provincial capital of Leyte province where 16ft waves flattened nearly everything in their path,...

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India's Top Cop Under Fire For Rape Remarks

India's top police chief is facing calls for his resignation after he said: "If you can't prevent rape, you might as well enjoy it." Ranjit Sinha, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - India's equivalent of the United States' FBI -...

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Typhoon Haiyan: Appeal For £190m In Aid

Aid agencies have launched a joint emergency appeal to get food, water and shelter to victims of the devastating Philippines typhoon. The United Nations estimates that $301m (£190m) will be needed in aid. "We've just launched an action plan focusing...

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Typhoon Haiyan: Families Search For Relatives

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Leyte Many thousands of relatives of those who were hit by the typhoon still have no idea of the fate of their loved ones. At the ferry terminal in Cebu city, hundreds are queuing to make the hardest of...

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